A S H L V iD DALLI TIBIA O»
P Ä 6® TWO
Tuesday, August M, 102J
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less in h ab ited by m any varieties o f , P rineville in th e sam e m an n er th a t why have they not continued t h e i r ! te r earn in g power is assured to such |
weeds in a poor s ta te of h e a lth I Bend, Red nond and o th e r points on C rane line on to B urns and up to > a U ni th an exists even today on som e i
Established 1876
E m aciated grasshoppers an d d e b ili-jth e m ain com m on u ser line a re Bend.
G overnm ent rep o rts show
Union P acific’s so u th e rn Ida-
Published Every Evening Except j
ta te d bugs w ith long L atin n a m e s 1 served. The city of P rineville is in
: ho lines. W hy should the C entral
Sunday
here forage fo r a scanty living, not th e best position to answ er th is th e re is over 23,000,000,000 feet of Oregon D evelopm ent league, facing
THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO.
securing enough energy from, th e v‘.c -' question. how ever; obviously neith- m erch an tab le high-grade pine tim - these conditions, be w illing to Join,
OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY
tu a ls, how ever, to hop o r craw l o r f ly ie r th e S. P. & S. nor th e Union Pa- ber in D eschutes’ Crook and H arney
in the Union P acific’s claim th a t no
PA PE R
to
b e tte r p astu res.
• cific w ere w illing to build th a t lina i counties. T his ton n ag e c u t only a t tonnage exists? Have they no faith
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Now, a fam ily can alw ays be judged I because w hichever one u ndertook tbe ia te of 1.000,000,000 feet per in th e ir own country? One of these
E . J. BARRETT, E ditor
by the condition of its back yard, and 't h e project th e o th er could come in year would pay over 3 per C8nt of days they will reg re t the position
a city by its v acan t lots. A vacant a t will and dem and th e ir .rights. The th e in te re st on th e investm ent, and they a re taking.
E n te re d a t th e A shland, Oregon,
___ w ith th e livestock, g rain , wool and
■ lot, like th a t opposite th e H otel Ash- resu lt is th a t th e • city of P rineville
Postoffice as Second-class Mail Mat
hen taxes grow, dem ocracy
does not m ake a good im pres- was obliged to build th e railro a d , o th e r products, w ith o u t counting on
ter.
------------------------------------------------------ ! doesn t.
A w ant ad will sell It.
^ ¡ s io n upon th e stra n g e r, fo r we all and its people a re paying th e in te r increased developm ent a m uch bet-j
dubeeription P rice D elivered in City: ;>
form our real opinions of a place by est on th e bonds raised to finance
One nAjnth .................................... $ .65
Three m o n t h s ............................... 1.95 ’
Love w o n t la st long if you
the w orst th in g s we see in it. If ashes its construction. WAS T H E R E ANY
w ork a t n o th in g else.
♦ and rubb sh a re fla u n ted in o u r faces COM PETITION IN TH IS CASE?
One year ...................................... 7.50
❖ w hen we stop in a tow n, we get away WAS COMMON USER AN INDUCE
Mail and Rural R ou tes
If you w ant to have little <* as soon as we can, and c a rry a d a rk MENT TO DEVELOPM ENT?
One m onth ................................... $ .65
T nree m onths ............................... 1.95 <§> com petition, try being honest.
T he Union P acific could have
brow n ta ste in our m ouths.
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Hix m onths .................................... 3.50
H ere we a re , try in g to get m ore served th e Bend d istric t a t less ex-!
6.of
One year ....................................
The h ighest reference a town
people to se ttle in A shland, and th e pense th a n th ro u g h th e D eschutes
ADVERTISING RATES
can have is an em pty jail.
first th in g they see Is th a t ash dum p riv e r canyon by an extension of th e ir
D isplay A d vertisin g
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Vlngie in sertio n , each in ch . . . . ,30c
and grasshopper garage. Is it not Shaniko branch. W hy d id n ’t they
<r> T roubles m ust of course have <$> w orth a t least one 60-cent luncheon do it? T h eir line p a ra lle lin g Mr.
YEARLY CONTRACTS
Display A d vertisin g
<s> th e ir use, fo r heaven know s, <?> to do som ething ab o u t it? Anyhow, H ill’s was fo r th e sim ple, direct pur
One tim e a w e e k ................................27 %c th e re a re enough of them !
<•> it can be discussed and som e reso lu pose of serving notice th a t any line
Two tim es a w eek............................... 25 c
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<8> tions can be adopted. P assin g reso- th a t m ig h t be b u ilt in c e n tra l Ore-
Every o th e r d a y .................................. 20 c
?>
Much
of
a
m
an
’s
life
is
de-
L ocal R eaders
lu tio n s and passing th e buck, how- gon w ould be m et w ith parallel ex-
Each line, each tim e ..................... 10c <•> voted to cu ttin g th e h a ir off $ ever, is a b o u t all th a t can be hoped tensions by th e Union Pacific. HAS
To ru n every o th e r dby for one
<«> his face and try in g to m ake it <§> for.
¡CENTRAL OREGON PR O FIT E D ?
m onth , each line, each t im e .. 7c <S> grow on his head.
We have a scenic p reserv atio n so-
T he Union P acific lays g re a t stress
To run~every issue for one m onth
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d f m ore, each line, «Mich t i m e , . 5c i S>
ciety, I believe, and it m ay be th is ion plans which w ere fo rm u lated in
IIEZ HECK SAYS:
C lassified Column
organization is preserving th is bit 1905 for co n stru ctio n of a line
One cent th e word each tim e.
<S>
“ A feller gits well slow
of
scenery for posterity. Being an across Oregon from N atron to On-
To ru n every issue for one m onth !<?>
e r when th e n u rse Is good
a
d
v
e rtisin g m an, I th in k a fine bill- tario w ith branches ra d ia tin g
to
or m ore, % c th e w ord each tim e.
< ï >
lo o k in ’.”
Lega] R ate
board across th e fro n t of th is v acant K lam ath F alls,
Lakeview
and
F irs t tim e, per 8-pcint lin e ..........10c :$><^ 3 > <§>3><§><§><?><8>‘$>,S><®><e><S><$><$><9 lo t w ould im prove th e scene im m ense Agency P lain s, and th e Central*
Each subsequent tim e, per 8
ly. To m e( a clean signboard is m ore j Oregon Ijevelopm ent league a n d its
point line ...................................... 5c
Gold
Hill
w
ent
in
over
a
colum
n
of
a joy to the eye th a n a d irty s tre tc h rep resen tativ es now say th a t these
Card of t h a n k s .............................. $1.00
deep
in
execration
of
the
K
u
Klux
O bituaries, the l i n e .......................2 % c
of tow n lots. A signboard is a token i plans will be carrie d out if th e Union
F ratern al Orders and S ocieties
K ian.
U ndoubtedly th e ju d g e and of e n te rp rise. I t stan d s for business.j Pacific can fix th e m ap of w estern
A dvertising fo r fra te rn a l orders the e d ito r of th e Mail T rib u n e be
W herever you find a lot of advertis- Oregon as they desire. D on’t fo rg et
o r societies c h arg in g a re g u la r in iti lieve they a re w orking for th e com
ing you find a th riv in g , h ustling, th a t Oregon is well acquainted w ith
atio n fee and dues, no discount. R e
ligious and benevolent orders will be m on good, b ut is it not a b o u t tim e prosperous com m unity, and w herever insidious propaganda of th is so rt,
charged th e re g u la r ra te for all ad to let up on th is w ashing of our you find no a d v ertisin g you find a If all of th e ra ilro a d lines draw n on
vertlslng when an adm ission or other d irty linen in public?
N ever an dead town.
i paper or in articles of incorporation
charge is m ade.
I incline to live th in g s r a th e r th an I w ere b u ilt in th is sta te , it w ould be
edifying spectacle, it is actu ally be-!
. com ing n au seatin g , to say n othing of to dead ones. T his vacant lot is |O i honeycom bed w ith railro ad s. How
W hat C onstitutes A dvertising
In o rd er to allay a m isu n d e rsta n d the disagreeable n o toriety it is b rin g dead th a t all self-respecting blue bot ever, paper lines do not in su re
ing am ong some as to w hat consti ing to Jack so n county. The p rin ci tle flies have abandoned it, an d I sug construction.
tu te s new s and w hat advertising, pal charge b ro u g h t a g ain st the klan
If the Union Pacific w ere sincere,
gest to th e ow ners, w hoever they may
we p rin t th is very sim ple rule, which
is u sed by new spapers to d iffe re n ti is th a t it advocates violation of law. be, these two propositions:
a te betw een th em : ‘‘ALL fu tu re ; I t is in th e hands of th e law , now
One— P u t th e lot down in grass
events, w here an adm ission charge j let the law deal w ith it. N othing is
and flow er beds, o r
is m ade o r a collection is tak e n IS to be gained by keeping th e m a tte r
Two— Build a signboard and p a in t
AD V ERTISIN G .”
T his applies to
org an izatio n s an d societies of every in th e public eye by m ethods th a t on it a nice picture of som ething
approach very closely to those which useful to eat, w ear or to c o n trib u te
kind as well as to individuals.
A ll rep o rts of such activ ities a fte r : we decry in th e klan.
to o u r happiness.
they have occurred is news.
I favor th e la tte r, for a d v e rtisin g
All com ing social or organization
REDUCE, DON’T SH IFT
is th e only way for a tow n to keep
m eetings of societies w here no
The suggestion th a t is freq u en tly from drying up and blow ing away.
m oney co n trib u tio n is solicited, in iti
ation charged, or collecton tak e n IS advanced fo r reducing th e grow ing
NEWS.
tax b u rd en is to ‘s h ift th e lo ad ” from
A B LIN D PL E A FO R JUSTICE
one class of taxpayers to an o th er.
SOLOMONITES
No relief w ould be th u s secured.
(C ontinued from y esterday)
R elieving th e fa rm e r or th e w ork
*The
Union Pacific and o u r c e n tral
<®> <®> <§><$><¥> <8>
<®> <®> <®> <®> <§> m an or th e average citizen of tax
♦
MISSING
<$> paym ents and adding th e am o u n t to Oregon friends a re dw elling a t
<$> T here was a th in m aiden called <s> in d u strie s or those having larg e in len g th on the v irtu e of comm on user
T here is before th e
<•>
G reener,
<§> comes w ould sim ply m ean th a t the arra n g e m e n t.
railro
a
d
com
m
ission
a t th e p resent
It’s toasted. This
<?> W ho w orked w ith a vacuum <§> m oney to raise these tax paym ents
tim
e
an
application
w
herein a u th o r
<s>
cle a n e r;
<$> w ould be sh ifted back to th e in d i
one extra process
<$>
B ut she got in th e way
<*> vidual th ro u g h increased cost of ev ity is being so ught fo r rem oval of.
gives a ra re and
Of th e suction one day,
<•> e ry th in g he purchased, th u s shoving some of th e p arallel tra c k s on th e
delightful
q u a lity
<§> And since then nobody has < j > the cost of living up a n o th e r notch. Bend line, and th e su b stitu tio n
— im possible to
<£•
seen her.
3>
The program of taxing invested or th ere fo r of com m on u ser a rra n g e
duplicate.
accum ulated, cap ital to th e point of m ent. W hy was th is necessary? The
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Guaranteed bv
confiscation will in a s h o rt tim e r e Bend d istric t was a new country,
Unless all signs fail, th e p resid en t duce th is source of taxable w ealth and th e tra ffic in sig h t capable of
has p u t th e “ Indian sig n ” on th e to th e point w here it can no longer developm ent to a degree th a t one
railro ad strik e.
pay the taxes req u ired . Then the ra ilro a d w ith a single overhead
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burden of tax atio n falls back a u to could have given an ad eq u ate serv
ice and succeeded in m aking some
Is it the vagaries of an ap p ro ach m atically on th e sm all taxpayer.
ing senility or w ere we once ta u g h t
S hifting th e load will only a g g ra re tu rn on the investm ent. W as not
th a t a w om an’s chief charm was vate th e situ a tio n . The one rem edy Mr. Hill e n title d to th e tra ffic^ No,
is to brin g about a reduction in tax the Union Pacific realized th a t by
m odesty?
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a tio n dem ands and increase effic building of a line in to cen tral Ore
P re sid e n t H ard in g has been m ore iency in governm ental m anagem ent gon, Mr. H ill w ould develop th a t
te rrito ry and w eaken th e control by
th a n once characterized as an old and exp en d itu re of public funds.
them . To prev en t this, th e Union
line p o litician,” and th e deftness
Pacific b u ilt alongside of Mr. H ill’s
ONCE TOO OFTEN
w ith w hich he steered both sides of
Several of our old-tim ers one day line, m aking good th e ir policy of re
th e controversy to a restin g place
over a b a rre l, w ould in d icate th a t this week w ere discussing th e early fusing to build into c e n tra l Oregon
th e appellation is n o t am iss.
happenings of th is once w ild and them selves o r ru in any o th e r line
wooly m ining cam p ’way back in the th a t m ight a tte m p t to invade w hat
T here a re those who w ould de- GO’S, says th e Jacksonville Post. One they have alw ays considered th e ir
tra c t from th e p re sid e n t’s prestig e J of them told how a red-headed Irish- exclusive te rrito ry .
Now, w h at w as th e re su lt?
It
In th e fo rm u latio n of th e railw ay m an lost his life in a ra th e r novel
will
be
rem
em
bered
Mr.
H
ill
p
u
r
proposals by saying they w ere m anner. The fellow posed as a very
“ H ooverized” before they w ere sub- ‘ bad m an ,” and one of his s tu n ts chased the P acific & E a ste rn ra il
m itted to the railw ay executives, by while d ru n k was to suddenly b u rst road and intended to co n tin u e his
the secretary of com m erce.
open a door of a saloou or gam bling Bend line to a connection w ith th a t
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i house and yell “ fir e ! ” in o rd er to property in th e R ogue riv e r valleic
See w here “ P u ssyfoot” Johnson see th e d ru n k en crowd fall over how ever, th e Union Pacific forced
is s tirrin g up a n e a r-rio t in E ngland i each o th e r in ru sh in g out.
He Mr. H ill into some com m on user a r
try in g to sh u n t John Bull aw ay fro m , w orked th is joke once too often, and ran g em en ts on th e D eschutes line,
Ins “ alf-an -a lf.” M ight as well try ¡one n ig h t when he poked his head and w hen they did so im posed con
to cut off his ro ast beef or the ba- in th e door of a gam bling house ditions th a t any fu tu re extension of
To all that is healthy and vital in business, it means increased
by’s m ilk and expect the y o u n g s te r, here and yelled “ fir e ! ” th e crowd the Bend line would be comm on
to sm ile w hile th e operation is in did. Everybody in th e house fired user. T h a t stopped Mr. H ill, be
strength and growth; but advertising is a fierce heat which
progress.
j a t th e sam e tim e— and no doubt he cause n e ith e r he no r any o th er ra il
road m an was going to p u t money
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has been fig h tin g fire ever since.
withers and consumes that which is unsound.
into any proposition of new railro ad
T he la te st from C hina is to th e
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co nstruction and be faced w ith th e
effect th a t Sun Y at Sen, form er
AN EY ESORE
A business which is not a good business should not be
condition th a t a t any tim e th e Union
p resid e n t of th e South C hina repub
By
B
ert
Moses
Pacific
saw
fit
to
do
so,
they
could
lic, has lost his reason. Not s u r
advertised. A business which would not benefit from wide
R ig h t across th e s tre e t from the come in a n d by paym ent of a fixed
prised a t th a t.
T h ere a re a few
teleg rap h ed ito rs in th is country H otel A shland is a vacant lot. The a rb itra ry p o rtion of th e o riginal cost
spread appreciation of its ideals had better acquire a new
who have gone nearly daffy try in g to hotel stan d s in th e h e a rt of town. of th e investm ent secure equal
keep tra c k of th e various Chines^ W hen stra n g e rs visit A shland and sit rig h ts to o p erate tra in s and divide
set of ideals.
out on th e hotel v eran d ah , th a t lot is the ton n ag e and revenue th a t the
republics.
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hardly calculated to set up a y e a rn pioneer ra ilro a d w ould w ork h a rd
Looks as if th e p resid en t had ing to m ove th e ir household and and long to produce. W as th e com
stow ed aw ay a " jo k e r” in those pro kitchen fu rn itu re h ere and become m on u se r an ad v an tag e in th is case?
The re s u lt effectively prevented ex
posals m ade to th e s trik e rs and ra il citizens.
On th is lot you can see ev ery th in g tension of th e Bend line by Mr. Hill
way executives and th a t both fac-
I
tions sw allow ed hook, line and b u t scenery. In th e re a r Is a pile of and denied th e Rogue riv e r valley
sinker. They agreed to accept th e ashes, and scattered ab o u t are various a n o th e r ra il line.
A nother excellent exam ple of
findings of th e labor board, and now species of discarded ru b b ish th a t
th e p r e s d a u t puts th e vexed ques- w ould supply poor picking for a billy- com m on u ser a rra n g e m e n t is th9
tio n of seniority rig h ts up to th e goat. A gainst one b u ilding a t th e line from P rin ev ille Ju n c tio n to th e.
board, the decision of which botli side is an abandoned tire th a t has city of P rineville. H ere was a case
sides a re pledged to accept.
gone th e way of all th in g s, and over w here tw o com m on n se r lin es— the
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on th e o th e r side is a sm all sign- U nion Pacific and th e Spokane,
The Mail T ribune is fast g e ttin g board th a t seem s to he th e only token P o rtla n d and S eattle— w ere o p e ra t
in to th e class of a comm on scold. It of a com m unity w ith living people ing to Bend over th e sam e track s,
gave up its e d ito ria l colum n to Ju d g e in it.
and they could have easily b u ilt a n
W atson yesterday, and th e sage of I The surface of th e lot is m ore or o th e r com m on u ser line an d served
Ashland
Tidings
s E ï S îb e r î - M oses
SYRUP
THE NEW
T O N IC
at
LAXATIVE
eveav oaxxF stooi
PRUNES
Along
The Highway
T he Bell sign is a symbol of
assurance to the motorist.
It means that he is in touch
with home and business.
It means that anxieties can
be eliminated—changed plans
made know n—emer
gencies more quickly
relieved.
E very B ell sign
marks the location of a
long distance tele
phone station.
C ig a re tte
The Pacific Telephone
And Telegraph Company
Advertising is the Sunlight
of Business -
nt